Steve Gillmor: in focus

The Gillmor gang, Steve’s ‘Radio show’ (er, podcast) was THE media to tune to.

It was a regular gathering of A-listers discussing the latest developments in the blogosphere.It was also often the most riveting thing you could listen to if you really wanted to hear what the 'metablogosphere' sounded like.

What do you mean 'was'?

Yep, there still does seem to be a new edition of the Gillmor Gang now and again.

Oh, and Steve Gillmor is getting to be infamous for declaring things to be DEAD that nobody knew had been killed yet.

Office is dead, TV is dead. Geddit?

And then 'social media' became fashionable

Suddenly Steve G became a ‘player’ in the blogosphere and the Gillmor Gang morphed into an altogether more fractious creature as egos jostled; and yet...even at its most acrimonious, it still exhibited moments where it fulfilled its original function -  to let us hear those ‘at the coal face’  discussing stuff that was changing the future of the online world, and maybe business itself, and maybe even life itself, and maybe....

Anti-social media, anyone?

And besides, hearing these people attack each other ‘over the air’ occasionally adds a much needed dose of realism: there is a lot at stake here, especially for anybody in the eye of the storm, which is where these people live, so it would be suspicious if this was just a love-in .

Core Gillmor concept one: Attention!

Steve Gillmor started to proclaim ‘links are dead’ to the outrage of just about everyone.

There’s a sense in which he’s right, but you’d be hard put to work out what he’s on about because this man is the William Faulkner of the bloggosphere.

But, isn't all this talk of attention and gestures really just a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing? We don't think so. Give it a ‘close reading’ and seek the meaning beneath the gleaming words.We guarantee his writing will repay the gift of your attention.

Core Gillmor concept one: Gestures!

After getting attention for the idea of “attention” Gillmor went to an even more mysterious ‘meta-level’ and got so fired up about it he left his job at ZD.

And finally, here's the man himself in a wonderfully revealing interview

Scoble/Gillmor

Watch this brilliant video, pre-dating YouTube and teaching everyone how to do a ScobleShow.